A jury in a federal racketeering trial has begun deliberating verdicts on charges that could put eight Vagos Motorcycle Club members away for life.
Rio Lacanlale
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Rio Lacanlale, whose work for the Review-Journal ranges from crime reports to video storytelling, joined the newspaper in October 2016. Before that, the UNLV broadcast journalism graduate contributed to newsrooms in central Italy and Washington, D.C. Rio is also a passionate traveler who enjoys living out of a backpack for months at a time.
The federal trial, which began in July, took a weeklong break in early February following four days of closing arguments from attorneys on both sides of the case.
The suspect remained at large Wednesday. He is charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
The Metropolitan Police Department Citizen Review Board has been without a full-time director since mid-July when its executive director went on medical leave.
A lengthy federal racketeering trial against eight Vagos Motorcycle Club members will take a weeklong break before the resumption of closing arguments.
The release of Las Vegas police body camera videos paints a more complete picture of how officers and firefighters worked together on the morning of the Alpine Motel Apartments fire.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal sued the Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday for records related to the historic Alpine Motel Apartments fire.
“Sometimes in life, you got to make a decision even if all your choices suck,” former mobster Frank Calabrese Jr. told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
A jury hears closing arguments this week in a lengthy federal racketeering trial against eight members of the Vagos Motorcycle Club. The case stems from a fatal 2011 shooting inside a Northern Nevada casino.
The end is near in a federal racketeering trial in Las Vegas against eight members of the Vagos Motorcycle Club following months of testimony.
Police say Michael Donald Stephens, 57, was walking on the 400 block of Lamb Boulevard on Wednesday when he was struck by a vehicle and dragged for about a third of a mile.
Las Vegas police need help from the public in identifying a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a 57-year-old man Wednesday night in the eastern valley.
Las Vegas police apparently discovered that the pastor sometimes left pornography up on on his church computer, which he often allowed the children to use.
A 23-year-old woman from Rhode Island was killed Saturday afternoon in an ATV crash in Logandale, about 60 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
The Clark County coroner’s office has ruled the Friday night death of a 29-year-old motorcyclist in northwest Las Vegas an accident.
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